CRIT Awards

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The CRIT (Creator Recognition In TTRPG) Awards is a peer driven award show striving to recognize creators in an inclusive and positive way.

We will be extending our verification period from 4 weeks to 6 weeks to allow our verification team to work through all of the amazing submissions and nominations from this year. Voting will now be open July 15th - August 19th

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Critty is packed and ready to attend this years CritAwards and he wants you to join him! We are ecstatic to announce that you can join us in person this year with our hosts @fanxsaltlake where we will also be streaming live to Twitch as in previous years.

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TODAY IS THE DAY!! Keep an eye out for our submission form and our nomination form to open up later today. Submissions are open through the 31st of May. Here is a reminder of our important dates! -The Crit Awards Team

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We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes taking feedback from the last couple years of Awards and making some changes to the CRIT Award process. This year you will see that there are two different forms- CRIT Awards 2026: Submission Form CRIT Awards 2026: Community Nominations Form

We’ve been hard at work behind the scenes taking 
feedback from the last couple years of Awards 
and making some changes to the CRIT Award process.

This year you will see that there are 
two different forms to be filled out-

CRIT Awards 2026: Submission Form
This is the main submission form. 
This includes the majority of our categories that are now self-submitted instead of being community nominated. 
It is a simplified form that creators will fill out for each category they or their team would like to be considered for. 
There is absolutely no fee for submission.

CRIT Awards 2026: Community Nominations Form
This form will have three categories that anyone in the TTRPG community or fanbase can nominate for: Best Innovation, 
Best TTRPG Charity/Community Organization or Event, 
and Outstanding Community Member. 
This form operates in the same manner as previous year’s forms.

We can’t wait to see all of the amazing projects you all have been working on this past year. Good luck!

Only a little over a week before nominations open and we couldn’t more excited! Keep an eye out for more info about changes to our submission and nomination process for this year along with all of the categories for 2026. 🏕️🛶

Submission Period: This is where creators will be able to submit their own work in the various categories they are interested in. This is also where the community can nominate peers for the three community nominated categories - a change from previous years.

Verification Stage: Our verification team, made up of various members who specialize in different areas of the TTRPG community, review all submissions and nominations using a rubric and comparison system, as well as verifying they meet all criteria. 

Voting Period: The community will be allowed to vote for finalists in all categories that have accepted their nominations.Verified finalists will be informed via email BEFORE  the voting goes live on July 1st. 
If a nominee does NOT confirm their intention to accept their nomination, we will assume it has been declined.

If a finalist decides to pull their nomination AFTER they have accepted, they may do so up to July 31st, the closing date of the voting round. 
 
After voting closes, we will be unable to accommodate any updates to the finalists before announcing winners. 
 
If a finalist has declined in a previous year, they ARE still eligible for nominations in future yearsSubmissions/nominations are open to the whole of the TTRPG community, with some restrictions. Each award category has a thorough description detailing the criteria for qualification and ineligibilities.

There are two separate nomination types: self-submission and community nominated. Please carefully read instructions on each of the submission forms before submitting.
 
Our board members and projects run primarily by our board members are ineligible for nomination.
 
Members of our staff are eligible for group awards with stipulations:
A production with a majority of CRIT Award staff is NOT eligible for Actual Play categories.
 
Our sponsors CAN be eligible for nomination, even if they are donating to, or sponsoring, the event (Dice Makers, Artists, etc)! 
As we are a community-based event with the overarching goal to highlight and uplift our community members, creators and independent businesses who are providing awards to the show may still do so for categories they themselves are NOT nominated in.

Please welcome your host for the 2025 CRIT Awards.... @jinocalla ! Jesse is a Filipino American voice actor with over 15 years of experience in the industry! You may have heard his voice as Soren from Dragon Prince, the narrator from Edge of Eternities, and many, many more!

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We've had some asks about donations to the CRIT Awards, these are appreciated but we want to make sure you're getting a fun thing out of as well! You can now grab D6's for this year and last year in our Kofi! There is no requirement to donate, we simply had been asked! ko-fi.com/s/54469f8f9c

D6 and Sticker combo! - CRIT Awards's Ko-fi Shop

So you want to support the CRIT Awards AND get a cool unique to the year D6? We have that! Also stickers! We have a variety of fun stickers, and you'l...

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FINALISTS GO LIVE TOMORROW, JUNE 1ST AT 5:00PM PST! IF YOU HAVE NOT FILLED OUT YOUR FORMS, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR NOMINATION! PLEASE FILL OUT ASAP! THANK YOU!

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Did you know that the CRIT Awards is proudly sponsored by @/manyworldstavern ?! No only do they have coffee and tea, they also have TTRPG and gaming ACCESSORIES? AND support community and artists? We're big fans! (Our CEO is also a coffee addict) #ManyworldsTavern

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